chance to stand out amongst his competitors only because he is the only one on the stage has been in the trenches with donald trump. pete voters want people willing to fight and carry the flag on their behalf. this is the opportunity to fail or to float. we shall see. >> carley: we shall see 9:00 p.m. on wednesday. "fox & friends" starts right now. thank you, guys. >> this is unprecedented weather event. >> tropical storm hilary is unleashing heavy rainfall is unrine in california right now. >> we are in the desert, where are we going to go. >> under a flash flood warning. >> it's a touchy situation right now. >> president biden cutting short his vacation in lake ha te'o who he to travel to maui to speak with it to voters. >> i would encourage the president to see the pain and grief hopefuls have until 48

hours before the debate to meet the full criteria. >> game, set, match. djokovic. >> definitely one of the toughest matches i have ever played in my life. [chanting djokovic] >> he truly cares about the people he sings about. is he one of us. >> rich men north of richmond became overnight sensation. we sent griff jenkins to catch up with the country singer. >> a song for human beings in general we begin this morning with a fox weather alert. >> hilary a post tropical it cyclone battering the west. >> steve: state of nevada and you state of emergency and bracing for rain it's on their way. causing mud slides in portions of california and thousands on

the west coast are going to wake up this morning with no electricity in san diego. craig? >> good morning to you. right now it's the calm after the storm here in san diego. right now we are in point loma. a big fishing community a lot of them are getting ready to go out today. we did have a lot of rain here last night. in fact, a lot of the rain that kept coming down flooding some of the streets here last night. we took video near missions valley. this is the san diego river. a lot of the streets here were closed off last night due to the flooding right along the river here. that's 50-mile stretch from the mountains all the way down to mission bay. out here beginning on sunday. the mayor did declare a state of emergency. also closing all libraries. awful city parks. also closing all of the beaches. a lot of people trying to get the last day of the weekend in and having a tough time.

hilary continues to move more to the north. that rain is going to be a big portion for portions of nevada. we have flood alerts extended all the way from the u.s.-mexico border clear to the u.s. canada border. this has been one of these storms that we are just not to here in south carolina. mountains big part of what happened here. many right up into the brings more rain up to the north and believe it or not, we haven't seen a storm like this since 1939 here in southern california. dealing with the first tropical is storm warnings ever. we didn't have those back in 1939. that was petty impressive. hilary did make land fall baha, california yesterday. still feeling the impacts here throughout california. a lot of people yesterday feeling the effects of constant steady rain and that steady rain is what people were talking about. they knew that the impacts were

going to be flooding issues and that was a concern all the way up and through los angeles as well. last night nonstop constant steady rain that rain started to add up. we have seen more rain here throughout southern california than we typically s see in an entire year some portion of the desert. especially the co-chill la valley. yesterday afternoon at 2:41 park time. we had an earth just about four miles southeast of ohi, north of los angeles a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. still waiting for reports. a lot of people saying oh yeah i felt the shaking. not only were they talking about flooding yesterday, on top of that there was a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in ojai for a couple days in southern california. >> brian: did the chargers play

yesterday? >> i have to check on that. i know the pod driveways had to postpone their game. they were supposed to play sunday. they moved both to saturday. here in san diego they also had the half marathon. they had to cancel that. 5,000 runners in town to run that lacing up their shoes and they said we can't do it because we have flooding and state of emergency. all the events were canceled. >> ainsley: i was reading that panicked residents were climbing up trees to try to escape all the flood water. what about the schools? are the kids back in school or are they closing them? >> so san diego unified school district is the second largest school district in the state, they are still waiting go back today. san diego state university is supposed to start today. they are going to be virtual today. a lot of the parents were in town yesterday dropping the students off and saturday trying to fly back to their homes before school started but a lot of them are going virtual today. >> brian: turns out the chargers did play. so they got their exhibition game in. >> okay.

good. >> steve: joining us at 3:05 in the morning out there in san diego. craig, thank you very much for the coverage. >> you got it, thank you. >> ainsley: they are just not used to that there. this is the first tropical storm to hit southern california in 84 years. >> steve: yeah. and that's why you were talking about people apparently there was a bridge wiped out in the san bernardino mountains. water coming up so fast people were climbing in the trees to escape. no worth if they have been rescued or still in the trees. you got to figure somebody picked them up. >> brian: i wish there was a way capture that water. two years talking about california drought again. they just have not adjusted to the rains they got in the winter and the rains this event which is the first thing do you is safety. i got it. but the second thing you should be doing is conservation. don't they live for things like this? >> steve: they have some big reservoirs out there. >> ainsley: in one day a year's worth of rain. some articles saying a year's worth of rain in one day. >> steve: i saw a daily mail headline yesterday that talked

about in health conscious california, los angeles panic buyers cleaned grocery stores of everything except white bread. >> brian: good news for spam. >> steve: everything picked dry. >> ainsley: last bread to sale. first bread to go in the south. >> steve: not going to eat it. to stay up to date on the storm, still impacting our western states. download the fox weather app. or stream fox weather on your connected device. >> brian: let's talk about it. we are now looking at the frontrunner for the republican nomination with four indictments saying he will not show up on wednesday. he's got such a substantial lead. i'm talking about donald trump. so four indictments. here we are in week one of the debate. and these are the candidates to qualify. you got vivek, governor desantis, haley, burgum, the governor of north dakota. senator scott, christie. not a surprise early, pence qualified earlier and asa

hutchison over the weekend. still waiting on deck is the mayor of miami, he could get there. we will have to see. the question is how do you handle it? how do you handle a debated without any owning comments that demand one minute for answers and 30 seconds for follow up. how do you stand snout what should you be focused on? >> ainsley: well, this is their chance to boost their brands, boost their names. they will try to come in with zingers. thrive to be natural and genuine and also be able to take those curve balls. be quick on their feet. hoping to get that sound bite moment and break away. some stand out before all the west great zingers all over social media. it gives them the opportunity to speak to the voters. a lot of voters haven't made up their mind yet. more than a year away. a lot of voters that haven't really been paying attention. for us we pay attention because it's our jobs and reread about it constantly. it's hard to imagine people aren't paying attention. there is a big chunk of the country that doesn't know much

about these candidates. >> >> indeed. >> steve: candidates talking over the weekend how they are preparing for the first debate, which will be the official start to have the campaign 2024. >> no one in this country even knew who i was six months ago. i'm looking forward to stwriewsing myself to the american people. donald trump is making the decision he feels is right for him. >> we love debates and i'm looking forward to it. i think it's an opportunity for americans to start foe us canning on who is going to lead us after 2024. >> i'm just going to be me. i feel like everybody preparing for this first republican presidential debate my whole life. >> brian: there he is. he wants it to be him. so far if you were to ask the american public, according to a cbs poll what should they focus on. # 9% say make the case for themselves. only 9 said make your case against trump. what do g.o.p. voters want to hear about? not about trump. 86 about the economy.

83 for reduced crime. 81 stolen illegal immigration. look who is leading. trump has done nothing but increase his polling numbers. a lot has to do, ainsley, for what you said. over the summer only thing we hear about is trump indictments and his pushback. 62%. desantis with 16. ramaswamy with 7. pence with 5, scott with 3, haley with 2 and criminals city with 2. that's where we stand going into debate one. >> ainsley: trump was boasting about the debates why he was not going to do it. he said the public already knows who i am. >> steve: right. >> ainsley: goes on at the end of the post saying therefore i will not be doing the debates, plural. >> steve: sounds like he might not do any of them. unfortunately, by skipping the debates, donald trump may actually be helping joe biden. because he is giving joe biden an excuse for not debating donald trump. that's one of the things that ronna mcdaniel told the former president when she was trying to get him to do the first debate he said nope, not going to do

it. >> brian: i don't know how that would be. how could joe biden rationalize not going against donald trump. >> steve: donald trump says everybody knows me and don't need to do it. >> ainsley: joe biden would love to have excuse not doing the debate. >> brian: if he doesn't want to do a debate i can understand it he can't get through a sentence. watch him slur his way through that mini summit and who know what is will happen in hawaii. >> steve: d steve. >> brian: axelrod said donald trump would be crazy do this he has such it will lead it would be all downside. i don't necessarily agree with that i'm not going to debate r.f.k. you can say i'm the sitting president. but to say you are not going to debate the number one contender, you would be the first time since, i guess, eisenhower and al smith, since there is not debates. since kennedy and nixon decide decided to do black and white television debates. >> ainsley: people are frustrated about the direction

of this country and the future of our country. that's why oliver anthony song rich men north of richmond has resonated. apple itunes, country charts, spotify, everywhere. he had a free concert this past weekend. it was already scheduled two weeks ago when we didn't know who he was. someone in north carolina said your friend you should book this guy. they booked him for a small little venue. a little restaurant on the side of the road. it was too small. they moved it to eagle creek golf glub north carolina. he had this free concert and just the crowds showed up. thousands of people. >> steve: they did, in fact, i read one report, ainsley that 6 to 8,000 people showed up, there were -- there are only 5,000 people in the whole town. they all showed up. here a little snippet of the song that as of yesterday, i think it had been viewed something like 25 million times on youtube. watch. here is oliver anthony. ♪ rich men north of richmond

♪ lord knows they just all want to have total control ♪ wanna know what you think ♪ wi wanna know what you do ♪ and they don't think you know ♪ but they know what that do you if your dollar [bleep] taxes hen. the red spin, the red spin. >> steve: it's interesting. he is singing about the polite plightof the working man and politicians how they have power over you. during the show he didn't make any political statements whatsoever. griff jenkins was down there, asked him a little bit about his music. here's some of what suddenly the biggest star in music oliver anthony had to say about those folks who showed up to listen to him. >> are you surprised that the public has reacted the way they did? do you realize the crowd is

touched by your music. >> yeah. it resonates the suffering in the world right now. like even in our own country. we have had years of people feeling depressed and hopeless ander time you look at the tv or get online everything is negative. and so i think people are just desperate for something positive again, you know, like there has been a lot of people die for us to be able to stand on this dirt and do what it is we do every day. and we should be excited for it. >> griff: what do you hope comes of the song and your music. i know you turned $8 million down. you did a great statement you say you don't want jets. you don't want tour buses. what do you want? >> i just want to go back to the woods, honestly. but, no, what i really want in the bigger scheme of things is people to start appreciating each other for human beings and look beyond political differences and ideologies. >> brian: he turned down millions of dollars already. >> steve: # million. >> brian: i only have few songs. i don't want to commit to something like that. he also served in the military.

i think a couple things, too. not only the words but the lyrics that he wrote. that he feels, that he lives. also the way he sings. he kind of shouts in a musical way. >> ainsley: blue grass. >> brian: rather than the blues. i'm no music expert. buff the way he does it with such -- almost as if he is with a bull horn with such passion. thanks for that toba, the audio guy. number two is i think what is fascinating about him is that he looks at our -- how hard you work. and sometimes you look at the overtime you get. by the time you take taxes out. i just worked an extra 15 hours is this worth it? then you realize where is my tax money going. to a 5'3" guy who is 300 pounds who giving free chocolate. that's emblematic i think about the 0 million a month spending on illegal immigrants sitting on turf fields in randall's island. people working overtime to give up 45% of their paycheck to go to people that have nothing to do with the american dream.

>> ainsley: he talks about the forgottennen that. the forgotten american. wished we focused on the miners. meaning the coal miners. didn't finish high school. lives in a camper with three dogs. cracked his skull working in a paper hill in north carolina. spent six months unemployed. tried to drown his suffering with alcohol. is he just a good ole boy from the carolinas. and didn't come from much. but appreciates what he has. and he -- they read from the bible. he though-they prayed over the crowd. he signed autographs for four hours after the show. >> steve: awesome. >> ainsley: they performed the national anthem. he sang a few songs and he said i mean, hell, we signed and took pictures for a good four hours after the show. there were bumper stickers and t-shirts that said oliver anthony 2024. and oliver anthony for president. >> steve: awesome. is he singing about the world he knows. and he has had a hard life. people appreciate. they see parts of their story in hhis story. that's why it's resonating.

griff was down there all day long. amp the show here on friday went down to north carolina. you will see griff's interview coming up about 25 minutes from now right here on "fox & friends." >> ainsley: when he was singing the famous song the whole crowd knew it. he stopped singing and they all knew the lyrics. >> brian: he reminds me of everybody mike rowe features on dirty jobs or blue collar america that was it with a banjo in his hand. >> ainsley: we were listening to it last sunday. somebody sent it to us on the way to church. i started to listening to it on my phone and somebody with me started listening on their phone. we went to church and checking for lunch plan and turned on the phone and the song started playing. i thought i turned it off. i picked up my phone again and it went off again. the person next to me picked up their phone to check the text messages. started singing the song in church again. >> steve: that reminds me. >> ainsley: so embarrassed. >> steve: sitting in church and

somebody left their ring tone on real loud. it was sex in the city. and everybody goes who is that. >> ainsley: we need to pray for them. >> steve: exactly. >> ainsley: okay it's 17 minutes after the top of the hour. hillary still battering the west coast as nevada is issuing a state of emergency. we have live team coverage all morning long. >> brian: but, first. miserable and demoralized. that's how police in austin, texas, are describing the state of the department as crime surges and funding is slashed. we are going to hear from the police union president on how it's impacting officers and citizens alike. don't move. ♪ at the alzheimer's association walk to end alzheimer's, this is why we walk. ♪ they're why we walk. ♪ we walk in the alzheimer's association walk to end alzheimer's because we're getting closer to beating this disease. join us.

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>> carley: we are back with your headlines. president biden is heading to maui nearly two weeks after wildfires devastated the island leaving at least 1 # people dead and more than 8 unaccounted for. the president finally making the trip after enjoying not one but two vacations just this month including a trip to lake tahoe this weekend. it's unclear if tropical storm hilary will impact his planned travel to hawaii. new york city's new $20 million a month migrant shelter now open to asylum seekers on randall's island. the facility has already been

expanded to house 3,000 migrants instead of the initial plans for 2,000. the growing facility has faced backlash since plans to build it on youth athletic fields were announced. an official explaining it's a temporary solution to give the city, quote: a little breathing room as they struggle to handle the influx of migrants. and in a true moment of sportsmanship, little leaguers from each of the 20 teams pitched in for a truly one of a kind ceremonial first pitch before the little league classic yesterday. look at this. they lined up from the center field wall and threw the ball one player he at a time until it crossed home plate before the annual major league game in williamsport, pennsylvania. the final teams are competing this week with hopes of competing in the final next sunday. you love to see something like that, steve. >> steve: that is great. what a great idea. thank you very much, carley. >> you are welcome. >> switches gears, the police union in austin, texas, speaking out on what they call pirvel

conditions spurred by surging crime and reduced funding following all sorts of protests as 9 # 1 callers are reportedly being put on hold, which is the last thing you want when you are on 911. the department's budget was cut by 150 million, roughly a third under the democrat-run city council in 2020. the city's murder rate has since spiked. austin is now ranked 15th for most homicides in the united states. and has lost more than 800 officers in the last six years. joining us right now with reaction is the president of the austin police association thomas we real. thomas, goal to you,. >> good morning. how are you? there all got started in your town in as you stun citizen in 2017. what happened? >> back december 2017 we had a city council vote down a police contract for the first time in the history of negotiating contracts. and, you know, we pushed forward

in 2018, tried to get back under contract. our city decided to go through what they called reimagining police oversight we got back under contract and 2020 summer happened. huge defunding movement. the riots post george floyd. i had over 20 officers indicted for doing their jobs during those riots. we just continued to have a city council that shows police officers that that it doesn't care about them. >> steve: reimagine the police department. nobody imagined that crime would go through the roof. rewe have got some graphics. auto theft up 77%. why bother owning a car. murder is up 30%. aggravated assault is up 18%. >> yeah. >> you described the conditions for police officers working there as miserable. why? >> well, i mean, we just have a backwards slide. you know, we are a growing city.

a city that should be up around 2,000 officers and growing right now. and, you know, i have got about 1475 officers in our police department. and you know, we're moving in the wrong direction. there is less and less resources to go out and do the job. i have got detectives pulled away from their case load to just help answer 911 calls. because we just don't have the resources to adequately police the city. >> steve: and you are adding people to answer the phone calls but you don't have anybody to send out. i know you are down 400 officers. what happens when somebody calls 911 and they are put on hold? hey, somebody is breaking in my house. okay, just hold on. we will get back to you in a minute. that's crazy. >> yeah. it's really really -- it's unfortunate for the citizens of austin. you know, it's gotten so bad that we have put in some sworn personnel over 911 to help answer calls on overtime basis.

antidotally on a thursday, friday, saturday night when things are hopping, you know, it's not unusual for there to be multiple people put on hold for 8, 10, 1 or more minutes. before you even get a 911 call taker, and then, you know, if it's that busy for the 911 call takers then, you know, with limited resources working the streets. it's, you know, at times, hours before officers are getting some calls. especially the lower priority ones. >> steve: reason why some people are thrilling we safe here? you are doing your best. but you have only got limited resources. thomas, thank you very much for joining us today from austin. >> thank you all, appreciate it. >> steve: good luck, man, that's rough. coming up 6:30 here in the east. we got a fox weather alert. hilary once a hurricane is pummeling california with strong flooding. report from palm springs which

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>> steve: 3: 34 on the west coast. and we are back with a fox weather alert. hillary once a cat four hurricane is knew post tropical cyclone. still battering the west with historic flooding. >> once in a century storm causing a lot of mu mud slides, thousands on the west coast are waking up without power. >> brian: nicole valdes joins us from palm springs, california, where the city declared a local emergency, nicole. >> yeah. good morning to you all, and clearly for good reason as we are seeing severe flooding reports all the way from palm

springs to palm desert. flooding even entering the hospital behind me. eisenhower health. thankfully, no patients injured in that but the first time ever as this hospital has ever dealt with flooding. they say overworked pumps were the main cause for that and as you take a look all across the area, really that water has become a major concern. we have seen drivers become stranded as they try to navigate several roads around the coachella rally area. right now we know 911 lines down across the city. the city tweeting that earlier this morning. this is going to be the situation all throughout the day as flood water remains high in certain areas especially low lying washes palm down county the sheriff's office posting a picture just off a freeway

there. and several water rescues. we know of at least one in palm springs over at the santa clara river. we know that firefighters were searching for at least maybe three people who may have been trapped in a river after rushing flash flooding may have caught some by surprise. travel also becoming a nightmare today as a portion of the i 10 cathedral city is closed after severe flooding and debris on the highway there. this all after a major 5.1 magnitude earthquake was reported just shortly after then tropical storm milliary made landfall. now, according to the new phrase hera quack. for many across the can't catch a break. still a lot of rain that happened in those overnight hours. thankfully, things have calmed down here this morning. a lot of people still really sending in a lot of photos and

videos of those dangerous floodwaters. >> a lot of them, nicole, thank you for the live report from palm spring. >> i want to check in with senior meteorologist adam klotz. i know you aren't necessarily for that but go to the fox weather forecast. hey, adam. >> adam: this storm starting to deteriorate. winds down to 35 miles per hour. this going to be final advisory that low pressure system has now lifted itself past the california and now getting into portions of nevada. this storm still is bringing brain this. the heaviest rain dying down. 10 and a half inches. a lot of the folks saw 8 inches. a lot of rain still continuing to fall every one of these poll gones are flash flooding warning in place includes los angeles county. even though the heaviest rain might have moved on through, ground is saturated and still moisture out there. all of that rain is going to continue to lift to the north.

even though this rain has been primarily targeting southern california. for the rest of today the winds dying down a little bit but seeing heavy rain portions of california, northern nevada and even oregon and idaho. guys this is system is moving quickly about 30 miles per hour. it's going to leave the country by the end of today and finally get a chance to dry off just a little bit. >> steve: people will be happy about that. >> adam: yeah. >> steve: adam, the earthquake was not caused by the big storm. some people how did that happen? it's coincidental, right? >> adam: wild situation. we don't get tropical storms in places where there are earthquakes very often. this was just a coincidence. >> brian: adam, crazy question, have they found a way to capture any of this water in two years we're going to be talking about the drought in california. and they are waiting for times like this, even though it's a catastrophe, but they were waiting for the winter rains. they found no way to capture it. have they done anything about it now? >> adam: you know, there are very minimal things that can be done. right now, no. they don't have the infrastructure. this is all rushing tout sea as we speak.

>> steve: all right. but it's heading north. and this is good news for the people out west. >> ainsley: hand it over to carley for more headlines. >> carley: i sure do. speaking of california. police making the first arrest after this mob of it thieves raided a luxury store near los angeles. getting away with an estimated 400 grand in merchandise of the 30 suspects police have identified, only one arrest has been announced. they say they are actively seeking a second suspect who is still on the run. novak djokovic coming back from a set down beat carlos to win the cincinnati open despite having to be checked for heat stroke. ing. >> cheers]

>> game, set, match. djokovic. >> you see it there djokovic shredded his shirt. beating straight sets. those your headlines. down to you. >> steve: he was happy to beat carlos. >> ainsley: djokovic lost to him at wimbledon. >> carley: u.s. open around the corner. >> brian: remember how much danger he put it in coming over here without a vaccine if he was able to play in the u.s. open. next week the u.s. open will start. >> ainsley: that's right. thank you, carley. >> brian: he needs another shirt. >> ainsley: i think he can afford it. coming up, inside look at the working class ballard topping the charts. griff actually caught up rich men north of richmond oliver anthony. that's his grandfather's name. we will play that interview for you straight ahead ♪ because the red spin

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be >> ainsley: singer and songwriter oliver anthony has gone virtually unknown to household names, to a household name after surprise chart topper

rich men north of richmond detailing the struggles of working class america. >> brian: fox correspondent griff jenkins caught up with him exclusively over the weekend at a concert in north carolina. griff, tell us what you found. >> griff: good morning, guys, i found an artist unlike any alive today. he is the real deal. he opened his show reading scripture before he played songs. and this message, well, is he giving hope to those struggling just to get by. take a look. >> drive back home and drown my troubles away it's a damn shame what we have gotten to. with me like me and people like you ♪ just wake up and god be true but it is ♪ awe, it is ♪ living in the new world ♪ just an old soul ♪ rich men north of richmond ♪ lord knows they just all wanna

have total control ♪ wanna know what you think ♪ know what you do ♪ and they don't think you do ♪ but i know that you do ♪ because your dollar ain't worth [bleep] and taxed to no end ♪ because the rich men, rich men ♪ griff griff there did you go ole veteran anthony rich men north of richmond. this is the crowd. look at these people right here. [cheers] >> griff: did that song speak to you. >> speaks to me all the way through. ♪ it's time for them to hear us. >> griff: can you hear the crowd yelling. [chanting u.s.a.] >> griff: there are literally thousands of fans here because oliver anthony will take to every one of them. he takes time to hear his friends. what's your name? >> nolan.

>> griff: what do you have here. >> a hat and. >> i'm going to get him to sign them. >> griff: oliver anthony makes a point to stay for as long as it takes 2, 3, 4 hours to meet and greet every one of his fans, make a connection. hear their stories and to hear why his songs connect with them. >> griff: why did you write the song? what motivated you to write that song? >> i don't know. maybe that song is an evolution of a lot of my other songs. if you listen to doggone it and feeling pretty good and really all of them they just talk about common struggles that i feel everybody deals with it's really just how i felt. i guess other people inherently feel that way. now now that i'm learning i'm not the only one that felt that way. i really just wrote the song for me and then drav'n from interested in doing some stuff. at the time i only had the first ha half of rich men vs.

richmond. posted online. we threw the second half together the day before filming and really just thought i didn't think anybody would even see it ♪ because the rich men, the rich men. >> i knew from the minute i heard oliver he was special. god was speak through him. me and oliver spent a weekend together. we prayed before the session. and we knew it was going to be something special. now i knew it was going to be great song as far as, you know, skyrocketing, no, i didn't think it was going to happen a day later. >> griff: are you surprised that the public has reacted the way they did? do you realize the crowd is touched by your music? >> yeah. well, it resonates the suffering in the world right now. like even in our own country we have had years of people feeling greed and hopeless and every time you look at the tv or get online, everything is negative. and so i think people are just

desperate for something positive again, you know, like there has been a lot of people die for us to stand on this dirt and do what it is we do every day. we should be excited for it. >> griff: what do you hope comes of the congress and your music. i know you turned $8 million down. did you a great statement. you said you don't want jets, you don't want tour buses. what do you want? >> just people to start appreciating each other for human beings and look beyond political differences and ideologies and a lot of things i see corporate media and education doing, which is making everyone identify each other differences and not their similarities. i want feel appreciate each other and appreciate each other's struggles and hopefully, you know, hopefully just find the energy that was in this song and manifest it in people's own personal lives. just trying to find similarities with each other instead of division. that's really all i want. i mean, i don't see our country lasting another generation the way we are headed. we got to go back to the roots of made this country great in the first place, which was our

sense of community and we are the melting pot of the world. and that's what makes us strong is our diversity. we need to harness that and appreciate it. and not use it as a political tool to keep everyone separate from each other, you know? >> griff: do you feel a little bit like the credence clearwater revival songs of the past that really had a reason nation working class? >> hopefully it represents more than just the working class. i really think it just represents people deal with depression and anxiety. this is something that has touched people globally. there's a reason for that it's not just for one identity or one group of people. it's a song for human beings in general. >> cool. >> griff: cool? you are cool. >> thanks. you are cool, too. >> griff: guy, asked him if is he a democrat or republican. he will tell you neither. you saw in that package, brian, you will like this. he takes his three dogs with him to every show he plays. >> brian: absolutely. i envy him. >> steve: griff, thank you very much.

thank you very much for going to north carolina to get that report. awesome. >> brian: there was no guaranteed interview. he made it happen. >> ainsley: bumper stickers oliver anthony for 2024. good get. we have been trying to get him on the show. thank you for getting that interview. >> griff: i asked him to play life on "fox & friends." he said he would check his 2024 schedule. [applause] >> steve: very, very nice. okay. >> ainsley: thank you, sir. he is probably not used to it had to stay there four hours signing autographs. he was a good old boy. >> steve: we could make it 8 hours in front of our building. >> ainsley: battle for t burbs.i that storynd straight ahead. students academic challenges. one of the things we found is that many students who struggle are missing. important foundational knowledge. learning is a sequential process.

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>> brian: experts race for county commissioner in suburban, pennsylvania could be a key indicator for who will win that

state in 2024. i'm talking about for president. now, according to politico, the election in bucks county outside of philadelphia is, quote: could hint at shifting suburban politics for 2024 as bucks county goes pennsylvania will go. remember, the president is from scranton, he says. and often the case goes so goes america. i want to bring in pittsburgh based columnist and reporter selena zito. do you agree with that promise? >> there is 67 counties in my state. 44 will reliably republican. 1 is reliably accurate. then there are 10 that swing back and forth all the time. bucks county is one of them, erie county is one of them. and so bucks went for hillary. bucks went for biden but it has also kept a republican congressman throughout the brian fitzpatrick throughout the entire time. it has swung back towards

republicans in 2021 off year elections. i think what is important in these counties is are these candidates listening to these voters? josh shapiro and john fetterman won bucks county handily. if i were a democrat i wouldn't look at it as a democrat county and i don't think they do. and if i were a republican, i would say what is working in messaging in a county like that because it is a good mix of both suburban voters. upper middle class voters but also working class voters i would keep an eye what suburban overreach in children's education. that's the biggest issue right there. and also escaping crime from philadelphia. >> so crime, you say education one, crime, obviously. then i'm thinking what about illegal immigration is that

plaguing your county or that county like new york city and chicago? i'm thinking about abortion. where do they rank? >> i think in terms of illegal immigration what you are seeing and i think you see this all across the mid-atlantic and appear lash and the west is the impact of fentanyl. that is that sort of. >> brian: gotcha. >> that is sort of where that impact is right now. but also immigration in a way impact it right now we don't think about amount the people needed for farming. we haven't done a good job of that and don't have enough people to work in our own country on those. bucks county has a big ag portion to it. there is also that part we don't talk about and inflation is still a leading problem in pennsylvania and in